Best Companies to Work For

Seven Companies in New England made it on the Best 100 Companies to Work for according to Working Mother Magazine. They are:
Harvard University
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Springfield
Timberland Co. in Stratham, N.H.
Yale-New Haven Hospital
General Electric Co. in Fairfield, Conn.
Lego Systems Inc., in Enfield, Conn.
Phoenix Cos. in Hartford

We need more! We need to make more companies take a look at these leaders.

The magazine gave special consideration to companies that offer flexible scheduling and child-care services. Indeed, all of the employers chosen have flex-time plans, compared to 56 percent of employers nationally, and 94 percent offer child-care referral services, versus 20 percent nationally, said Carol Evans, chief executive and founder of Working Mother Media, the magazine's parent.